“It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.”

“The tendencies we have mentioned are something new for America. They arose when, under the influence of the two World Wars and the consequent concentration of all forces on a military goal, a predominantly military mentality developed, which with the almost sudden victory became even more accentuated. The characteristic feature of this mentality is that people place the importance of what Bertrand Russell so tellingly terms “naked power” far above all other factors which affect the relations between peoples. The Germans, misled by Bismarck’s successes in particular, underwent just such a transformation of their mentality—in consequence of which they were entirely ruined in less than a hundred years. I must frankly confess that the foreign policy of the United States since the termination of hostilities has reminded me, sometimes irresistibly, of the attitude of Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II, and I know that, independent of me, this analogy has most painfully occurred to others as well. It is characteristic of the military mentality that non-human factors (atom bombs, strategic bases, weapons of all sorts, the possession of raw materials, etc.) are held essential, while the human being, his desires and thoughts—in short, the psychological factors—are considered as unimportant and secondary. Herein lies a certain resemblance to Marxism, at least insofar as its theoretical side alone is kept in view. The individual is degraded to a mere instrument; he becomes “human materiel.” The normal ends of human aspiration vanish with such a viewpoint. Instead, the military mentality raises “naked power” as a goal in itself—one of the strangest illusions to which men can succumb.”

“Hanya ada dua cara menjalani kehidupan kita. Pertama adalah seolah tidak ada keajaiban. Kedua adalah seolah segala sesuatu adalah keajaiban.”

“Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.” 

“I have reached an age where if someone tells me to wear socks, I dont have to”

“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.”

“Necessity is the mother of all invention.”

“I asked myself childish questions and proceeded to answer them.”

“Locura es hacer la misma cosa una y otra vez esperando obtener diferentes resultados”

“The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.”

From discord, find Harmony.”

“An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion soon degenerates. For force always attract men of low morality.”

“No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.”

“The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.”

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”